Palani (Lok Sabha constituency)

Palani was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In 2009, after delimitation and redistricting exercise of 2008, Palani constituency was abolished and has been become a part of Dindigul (Lok Sabha constituency) and Karur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Assembly segments

Palani Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Sixth	1977-80	C. Subramaniam	Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-84	A. Senapathi Gounder	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-89	A. Senapathi Gounder	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-91	A. Senapathi Gounder	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1991-92	A. Senapathi Gounder	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1992-96	Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-98	S.K.Kharventhan	Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth	1998-99	A. Ganeshamurthi	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	1999-04	Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2004- 2009	S.K. Kharventhan	Indian National Congress
	Abolished

General Election, 2004: Palani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	S. K. Kharventhan	448,900	64.50	n/a
	AIADMK	Kishore Kumar. K	217,407	31.24	-12.38
	Independent	Jeyaprakash. P	11,337	1.63	n/a
Majority			231,493	33.26	+29.05
Turnout			696,007	63.92	+5.03
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	+64.50

↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2008-10-11.

Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu

2009-present	Thiruvallur Chennai North Chennai South Chennai Central Sriperumbudur Kancheepuram Arakkonam Vellore Krishnagiri Dharmapuri Tiruvannamalai Arani Viluppuram Kallakurichi Salem Namakkal Erode Tiruppur Nilgiris Coimbatore Pollachi Dindigul Karur Tiruchirappalli Perambalur Cuddalore Chidambaram Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam Thanjavur Sivaganga Madurai Theni Virudhunagar Ramanathapuram Thoothukkudi Tenkasi Tirunelveli Kanniyakumari

1977-2004	Chennai North Chennai Central Chennai South Sriperumbudur Chengalpattu Arakkonam Vellore Tiruppattur Vandavasi Tindivanam Cuddalore Chidambaram Dharmapuri Krishnagiri Rasipuram Salem Tiruchengode Nilgiris Gobichettipalayam Coimbatore Pollachi Palani Dindigul Madurai Periyakalum Karur Tiruchirappalli Perambalur Mayiladuthurai Nagapattinam Thanjavur Pudukkottai Sivaganga Ramanathapuram Sivakasi Tirunelveli Tenkasi Tiruchendur Nagercoil

1952-77	Kumbakonam

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